Category Archives: Niger
Timbuktu Who’s Who
First Published: 12 July 2012. Updated: 8 February 2013 Jump to News Update Notes MNLA (National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad) The MNLA is a very recent organisation with a very old cause: the Tuareg have been fighting an insurgency against the central power in Mali since the late 1950s and openly fighting since 1963. This […]
UNHCR: Food shortages await thousands fleeing Mali conflict
Almost 7,500 refugees have fled into neighbouring countries since French and Malian forces launched a counter-offensive against Islamic militants almost two weeks ago and the exodus is continuing. In Mauritania, 4,208 Malian refugees have arrived since the latest fighting began on January 11. After being registered at the Fassala transit centre, they are being transported […]
AQIM Releases Recent Video of 4 French Hostages taken from Niger in 2010
Sahara Medias website [ar] in Mauritania has released this video of four of the six French hostages being held by AQIM in or around Mali. These four were abducted from the Arlit uranium mine in Niger in September 2010, along with three others who were since released. Once again, they plead for protection from the French authorities. […]
#Mauritania: an African slave-state with international support
In a world where the practice has become reviled, an estimated 18-20% of Mauritania’s population, up to half a million people, are slaves by descent – born into slavery as a condition of birth. There are laws against slavery in the country, including 10 years imprisonment for holding slaves and two years for promoting the […]
#Mauritania News in Brief 12 July 2012
12 July 2012: A plane has crashed[fr] in Mauritania, plane crashed after a fuel leak caused it to burst into flames shortly after take-off. All 7 occupants, comprising military personnel and civilians, were killed. Elmohit reports [ar] that it was a regular shipment from the Kinross gold mine at Tasisast. Alakhbar news adds further details [ar], explaining that […]
